Individuals face really high stakes in the civil justice system. You can lose your children, you can lose your home, you can lose your livelihood without having legal help to get you through complicated legal proceedings.
Between 2010 and 2019 Chicago saw an average eviction filing rate of 3.7% (filings per 100 rental units). Put in human terms, that's about 1 in 25 renters and their families facing eviction each year.
Individuals face really high stakes in the civil justice system. You can lose your children, you can lose your home, you can lose your livelihood without having legal help to get you through complicated legal proceedings.
The Chicago Evictions data portal is a resource to help us investigate Chicago's chronic eviction problem.